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Hung on You

Poster
1967 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Psychedelic poster advertising a clothes shop. Pink and green on silver ground.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHung on You (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Silkscreen
Brief description
Psychedelic screen print poster by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (Michael English and Nigel Waymouth) for a King's Road clothes shop entitled 'Hung on You'. London, 1967.
Physical description
Psychedelic poster advertising a clothes shop. Pink and green on silver ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 755mm
  • Width: 500mm
Gallery label
"Michael English (born 1942) and Nigel Waymouth (born 1941)
Hung on You. Poster for a King's Road clothes shop
1967
Screenprint
E.1714-1991

'Hung on You' was a King's Road boutique owned by Michael Rainey which specialised in men's clothes. In 1966, Michael English had painted the facade of the shop. This poster reflects the artist's wide interests in far, near and middle eastern culture. Details include Krishna figures, Chinese inscriptions, pseudo-Arabic lettering, lotus blossoms, and magic mushrooms."

Text by Julia Bigham
Object history
Poster for Kings Road clothes shop, little used because unreadable.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Christoph Grunberg, ed. Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era London: Tate, 2005. 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ISBN: 1854375954.
Collection
Accession number
E.1714-1991

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Record createdNovember 15, 2006
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